Hosea Gear's kicks put lots of pressure on the opposition and gave us a try by John Hardie.
We just held for the last three minutes where it was almost a replay of last week.
The Waratahs had good defence but it wasn't good enough. We really needed to win that game and hopefully we will be just as good for next week.
Aaron Smith played really, really well, as he has for the last two weeks, but it was disappointing to see Lima Sopoaga go off with an injury.
Slade was lucky that his kick went over, but he let in a soft try. Andrew Hore made some good penalties and when he went off Jason Rutledge was just as good.
The final score was 18-17 to the Highlanders - good luck for next week.
- Sam Senior: I am nine and I just love Rugby! I play for Athletic Marist (Athies) in Oamaru. You can see my blog at http://samsenior.edublogs.org